LUCID

Laboratory for Understanding Careers and Individual Differences

ABOUT

Our laboratory seeks to understand personal careers (e.g., job mobility), individuals' work experiences in employment (e.g., relationships with employers, supervisors, and coworkers), and how these experiences are affected by personality.

As a group, our primary research interest lies in the role of personality and individual differences in explicating psychological phenomena and behavioral outcomes in various life contexts (e.g., employee effectiveness and well-being, career mobility, cross-cultural adaptation, withdrawal and attachment in employer-employee relationships, student success). In addition, we have emerging interests in understanding how interpersonal/social relations may affect well-being and effectiveness of individuals, teams, organizations, and beyond, as well as in advancing non-traditional or "newer" approaches to understanding various psychological phenomena (e.g., inductive research, Bayesian methods, person-centered approaches). We have a number of exciting research projects underway on these topics. For example, below are some examples of ongoing projects:

• Openness to Experience

• Women in menopause transitions

• Leadership development

• Workplace mentoring

• Voluntary turnover and work withdrawal

• Career attitudes and behaviors (e.g., professional networking, job hopping)

• Artificial intelligence and the future of work

• Innovations in technology and measurement (e.g., developing new methods; validating and/or critiquing the use of AI/ML for testing and assessment)